a simple still life vanitas photograph that looks like a paintings homewares This was the first piece

This was the first piece to be created in the new recycling studio in the Maldives 'Makers Place'

framed in naturally waxed rosewood

presented in black and white

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a simple still life vanitas photograph that looks like a paintings homewares This was the first pieceThe Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,